2013-02-01
2013-02-28
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using our open thread for discussion. find that at newshour dot pbs dot org. >> woodruff: finally tonight, a best-selling novelist tackles the subject of protecting the president in the modern age. the threats against a president have long captured the darker side of writers' imaginations. in his new thriller, "the fifth assassin," brad meltzer explores those questions too as his protagonist tries to stop a fictional killer. but in this case, meltzer benefited from the helpful advice of a former president and the perspective of the secret service. jeffrey brown sat down with meltzer recently for our book conversation. brad melter, welcome. >> thank you very much. brown: so some of this comes from a program i was reading, it comes from a program you were working with the department of homeland security. >> a few years ago i got a call from the department of homeland security, asked me to come in and brainstorm different ways that terrorists could attack the united states. >> brown: they were reaching out to writers? >> i think... my first thought was if they're calling me, we have

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that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, with just one day to go before automatic spending cuts hit. we talk with public media reporters around the country about the possible impact on their communities. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsore

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the project lives. please keep sharing your stories with us by calling 703-594-6-pbs. >> woodruff: ray wrote a blog post looking at the voting rights act's lasting effects on southern politics. find that and all of our coverage at newshour.pbs.org. >> ifill: next, to the east african nation of kenya. it's a close ally of the united states in a very unstable region, a partner in the war on terror, and an economic ray of hope on the continent. kenyans go to the polls on monday to elect a new president for the first time since 2007, and it's an election that will be watched far beyond the nation's borders. special correspondent kira kay was in kenya recently and filed this report. >> reporter: near eldoret ken i can't, that is a cemetery small in size but large in meaning. these people have come to visit the grave of their daughter joyce. >> i feel weak when i remember my child. it is easier to forget when i am far away from here. >> reporter: on new year's day 2008 mary, two-year-old joyce, and hundreds of others fled to the church that once stood here. as an angry mob descended on them. >> th

newtown" series. that's at newshour.pbs.org. >> suarez: finally tonight, an assessment of the state of movies and the state of the business, as hollywood gets set to congratulate itself with the academy awards this sunday. by and large, this was a year where the nine films nominated for best picture arguably generated more critical praise than usual and several proved to be solid commercial hits. some also generated plenty of controversy too, including "zero dark thirty," "lincoln," "argo" and "django unchained." tony scott of the "new york times" has been reviewing and writing about these films, plus hundreds of others. he joins us now. tony, is this an unusually good year to go to the movies and does that make it an unusually hard year to pick winners? >> i think it was a good year. i mean, i think there's so many different kinds of movies that come out in every year that it's sometimes hard to rank them. i think it was a very good year for mainstream movies that grown-ups might want to go see. there's been a knock against the hollywood studios for the last decade or so that they'

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